Common use of Proof of Authorization Clause in Contracts

Proof of Authorization. Our ability to supply NASPO ValuePoint members with the key and secondary itemized software publishers listed in the RFP rests on the strong partnerships forged with industry- leading manufacturers, whose solutions meet the needs of our public sector customers. Letters of authorization for each publisher can be provided upon request. Publisher Relationship with CDW·G Learn More Adobe ▪ Fully authorized Adobe Licensing Center (ALC) ▪ Platinum Channel Partner ▪ Adobe’s largest and most successful reseller partner since 2001 ▪ CDW named Adobe 2015 Consumer and Business Worldwide Partner of the Year at Global Sales Conference (12/15/2015) ▪ Internal Adobe support team (8 licensing specialists, 1 Creative Cloud program specialists, 1 senior brand manager) ▪ The only Adobe reseller with multiple dedicated, onsite channel account managers (23 total) ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇ ent/brands/adobe/ Citrix ▪ Citrix LAR Certified Partner certification ▪ Large Account Reseller Partner of the Year 2013, 2012, 2011 at Citrix Summit conference ▪ Internal Citrix specialist team (1 partner specialist, 3 technical specialists, 2 business development specialists, 1 brand manager) ▪ Hold over 400 Citrix certifications (e.g., CCA/Certified Administrator, CCEA/Certified Enterprise Administrator, CCSP/Certified Sales Professional) ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇ ent/brands/citrix/ Microsoft ▪ Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Software Asset Management (▇▇▇) Partner, Authorized Direct Reseller (ADR) for Open Value licensing programs ▪ Number-one ranked Licensing Solution Provider (LSP) and Enterprise Software Advisor (ESA) ▪ Manage over 25,000 active Microsoft agreements ▪ Largest Microsoft Partner in Office 365 customer deployments, contract volume LSP of EAs/SAs, new enterprise agreements ▪ 2014 US OEM Reseller of the Year, Office 365 Sales Achievement Award, Experience Center (MEC) Partner of the Year ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇ ent/brands/microsoft/ Novell ▪ Novell Gold Partner with distinctions: o ALA, MLSA, SLA, VLA, VLA academic, VLA nonprofit/government authorized reseller o End-user computing sales specialization o California SLP contract authorized reseller o NetIQ authorized reseller ▪ 4/6/2015: Micro Focus completed its merger with The Attachmate Group, which acquired acquired Novell, Inc. (4/27/2011); Novell now operates as two separate business units under Novell® and SUSE® brand names, having joined Attachmate® and NetIQ® as holdings of The Attachmate Group ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇ ent/brands/novell/ Publisher Relationship with CDW·G Learn More Symantec ▪ Symantec Platinum Partner ▪ Named the Symantec 2015 National Access Reseller (NAR) Innovation Partner of the Year at Partner Engage awards (11/5/2015) ▪ Largest/top-selling LAR partner; Specialization Member (includes Endpoint Management, Data Loss Prevention, IT Compliance, Managed Security Services, SMB Backup, SMB Security, Enterprise Security, Archiving and eDiscovery, Data Protection with NetBackup, Storage Management) ▪ Dedicated internal Symantec team (16 CDW-badged coworkers (segment, renewals)) ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇ ent/brands/symantec / VMware ▪ VMware Authorized Consulting (VAC) Program Gold member ▪ 2014 Global and Americas Marketing Partner of the Year award at VMware Partner Exchange ▪ 55+ dedicated internal VMware personnel (1 onsite brand manager, 6 pre-sales support specialists, 4 vCloud Air pre-sales/technical/business development specialists, 1 end-user computing channel account representative, 3 business development specialists, 5 renewal specialists, 5 capacity planner assessment engineers, 2 national account managers, 12 inside sales reps, 2 systems engineers, 14 virtualization solution architects) ▪ Over 1,500 VMware Sales Professional (VSP) accreditations; 34 VMware Certified Professional (VCP) accreditations; 71 VMware Technical Sales Professional (VTSP) accreditations ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇ ent/brands/vmware/

Proof of Authorization. Our ability to supply NASPO ValuePoint members with the key and secondary itemized software publishers listed in the RFP rests on the strong partnerships forged with industry- leading manufacturers, whose solutions meet the needs of our public sector customers. Letters of authorization for each publisher can be provided upon request. Publisher Relationship with CDW·G Learn More Adobe ▪  Fully authorized Adobe Licensing Center (ALC) ▪  Platinum Channel Partner ▪  Adobe’s largest and most successful reseller partner since 2001 ▪  CDW named Adobe 2015 Consumer and Business Worldwide Partner of the Year at Global Sales Conference (12/15/2015) ▪  Internal Adobe support team (8 licensing specialists, 1 Creative Cloud program specialists, 1 senior brand manager) ▪  The only Adobe reseller with multiple dedicated, onsite channel account managers (23 total) ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇ ent/brands/adobe/ Citrix ▪  Citrix LAR Certified Partner certification ▪  Large Account Reseller Partner of the Year 2013, 2012, 2011 at Citrix Summit conference ▪  Internal Citrix specialist team (1 partner specialist, 3 technical specialists, 2 business development specialists, 1 brand manager) ▪  Hold over 400 Citrix certifications (e.g., CCA/Certified Administrator, CCEA/Certified Enterprise Administrator, CCSP/Certified Sales Professional) ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇ ent/brands/citrix/ Microsoft ▪  Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Software Asset Management (▇▇▇) Partner, Authorized Direct Reseller (ADR) for Open Value licensing programs ▪  Number-one ranked Licensing Solution Provider (LSP) and Enterprise Software Advisor (ESA) ▪  Manage over 25,000 active Microsoft agreements ▪  Largest Microsoft Partner in Office 365 customer deployments, contract volume LSP of EAs/SAs, new enterprise agreements ▪  2014 US OEM Reseller of the Year, Office 365 Sales Achievement Award, Experience Center (MEC) Partner of the Year ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇ ent/brands/microsoft/ Novell ▪  Novell Gold Partner with distinctions: o ALA, MLSA, SLA, VLA, VLA academic, VLA nonprofit/government authorized reseller o End-user computing sales specialization o California SLP contract authorized reseller o NetIQ authorized reseller ▪  4/6/2015: Micro Focus completed its merger with The Attachmate Group, which acquired acquired Novell, Inc. (4/27/2011); Novell now operates as two separate business units under Novell® and SUSE® brand names, having joined Attachmate® and NetIQ® as holdings of The Attachmate Group ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇ ent/brands/novell/ Publisher Relationship with CDW·G Learn More Symantec ▪  Symantec Platinum Partner ▪  Named the Symantec 2015 National Access Reseller (NAR) Innovation Partner of the Year at Partner Engage awards (11/5/2015) ▪  Largest/top-selling LAR partner; Specialization Member (includes Endpoint Management, Data Loss Prevention, IT Compliance, Managed Security Services, SMB Backup, SMB Security, Enterprise Security, Archiving and eDiscovery, Data Protection with NetBackup, Storage Management) ▪  Dedicated internal Symantec team (16 CDW-badged coworkers (segment, renewals)) ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇ ent/brands/symantec / VMware ▪  VMware Authorized Consulting (VAC) Program Gold member ▪  2014 Global and Americas Marketing Partner of the Year award at VMware Partner Exchange ▪  55+ dedicated internal VMware personnel (1 onsite brand manager, 6 pre-sales support specialists, 4 vCloud Air pre-sales/technical/business development specialists, 1 end-user computing channel account representative, 3 business development specialists, 5 renewal specialists, 5 capacity planner assessment engineers, 2 national account managers, 12 inside sales reps, 2 systems engineers, 14 virtualization solution architects) ▪  Over 1,500 VMware Sales Professional (VSP) accreditations; 34 VMware Certified Professional (VCP) accreditations; 71 VMware Technical Sales Professional (VTSP) accreditations ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇ ent/brands/vmware/